What is Premature Birth?

What is Premature Birth?

• Premature Birth: Early delivery of a fetus (before 37th week).

Premature Birth: Introduction

Types of Premature Birth:

Broader types of Premature Birth:

• Uterus conditions
• Vagina conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Premature Birth?

Incidence (annual) of Premature Birth: 440,000 cases (unreliable estimate)
Incidence Rate of Premature Birth: approx 1 in 618 or 0.16% or 440,000 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Premature Birth?

Complications of Premature Birth: see complications of Premature Birth

What causes Premature Birth?

Causes of Premature Birth: see causes of Premature Birth
Risk factors for Premature Birth: see risk factors for Premature Birth

What are the symptoms of Premature Birth?

Symptoms of Premature Birth: see symptoms of Premature Birth

Complications of Premature Birth: see complications of Premature Birth

Can anyone else get Premature Birth?

Inheritance: see inheritance of Premature Birth

Premature Birth: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Premature Birth.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Premature Birth.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Premature Birth: see treatments for Premature Birth
Research for Premature Birth: see research for Premature Birth

Society issues for Premature Birth

Hospitalization statistics for Premature Birth: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Premature Birth:

• 0.086% (10,916) of hospital consultant episodes were for preterm delivery in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 97% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for preterm delivery in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for preterm delivery in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Premature Birth:

Organs and body systems related to Premature Birth include:

• Uterus
• Vagina

Name and Aliases of Premature Birth

Main name of condition: Premature Birth

preterm delivery

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Premature Birth:

• Preeclampsia
• Antepartum hemorrhage
• Uterine abnormalities
• Hydramnios
• Chlamydia
• Genital herpes
• Lupus
• Pregnancy
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Trichomoniasis

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